The COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus reached Cagayan Valley on March 21, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Tuguegarao. All provinces have confirmed at least one COVID-19 case, with Batanes being the last province to confirm a COVID-19 case on September 28, 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley | |
|---|---|
 Confirmed cases in Cagayan Valley by province (as of August 25)[note 1]
100–499 confirmed
50–99 confirmed
10–49 confirmed
1–9 confirmed
0 confirmed | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Cagayan Valley |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Tuguegarao |
| Arrival date | March 21, 2020 (4 years, 9 months and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 171,908 |
| Recovered | 166,230 |
Deaths | 4,750 |
| Government website | |
| ro2 | |
Timeline
editCagayan Valley confirmed its first case on March 21, 2020, that of 44-year-old male who had traveled via bus to Tuguegarao. The man arrived in Cagayan on March 11 and was treated at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center.[1] Further cases were recorded in the province as well as in Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya. By April 21, there are no active cases in Cagayan Valley, with a total of 27 confirmed in the region, among which one had died.[2]
Cagayan Valley treated an imported case recorded as a case of the neighboring Cordilleras, that of a man from Lamut, Ifugao who was transferred from the Panopdopan District Hospital to the Region-2 Trauma and Medical Center in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya by April 26. The man's case was also the first confirmed case of Ifugao province.[3]
Quirino recorded its first case on August 12 after provincial Governor Dakila Carlo Cua's househelp tested positive for COVID-19 despite having no previous travel history to known affected areas.[4]
Batanes was the last province in the region and the whole Philippines.[5] It confirmed its first case on September 28. The case was that of a locally stranded individual who was brought home via a military helicopter on September 22. The patient was asymptomatic.[6][7][8]
Notes
edit- ^ Breakdown of confirmed cases is according to the COVID-19 Case Tracker of the Department of Health.
References
edit- ^ Ablat, Jhon Dave (March 23, 2020). "Passenger from Manila is Cagayan Valley's 1st COVID-19 case". Retrieved April 22, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Catindig, Raymund (April 22, 2020). "Cagayan Valley now COVID-free". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Ifugao records first COVID case". The Philippine Star. April 27, 2020. Archived from the original on May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Aurora, Quirino virus-free no more". Philippine Daily Inquirer. August 14, 2020. Archived from the original on September 3, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Mocon-Ciriaco, Claudeth (September 30, 2020). "DOH: Batanes no longer Covid-free, all PHL provinces now have Covid cases". BusinessMirror. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- ^ "Batanes records first COVID-19 case". CNN Philippines. September 29, 2020. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ Hallare, Katrina; Visaya, Villamor Jr. (September 29, 2020). "LSI is Batanes' 1st COVID-19 case". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ "No longer virus-free: Batanes confirms 1st COVID-19 case". Rappler. September 29, 2020. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
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